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Jonathan: We don’t know where abducted girls are

May 5, 2014 : Olalekan Adetayo, Simon Ejembi and Temitayo Famutimi

President Goodluck Jonathan

Almost three weeks after over 200 schoolgirls were abducted from a secondary school in Chibok, Borno State, President Goodluck Jonathan has said the Federal Government does not know their whereabouts.

Jonathan said this on Sunday during the Presidential Media Chat in Abuja.

He also spoke on the probe of the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison- Madueke, over the N10bn she allegedly spent on a chartered jet, the security measures in place for the World Economic Forum, the power sector reforms and the 2015 elections.

Asked if there was any confirmed information about where the kidnapped schoolgirls are, Jonathan replied, “None; there is none.”

The President, who said that security operatives were currently engaged in a massive search for the girls, explained that information so far provided to security operatives yielded nothing.

He said, “All the information that have been volunteered to us (about their location, we’ve used) and we have searched the places. We are using aircraft – helicopters and planes – that have the ability to scan and see what is on the surface. And we have scanned, but we have nothing.”

Jonathan added that the government was not negotiating with Boko Haram or any group regarding the release of the girls.

He said, “You can’t negotiate with somebody you don’t know; nobody has claimed knowledge of the abduction. Even on the social media that the Boko Haram uses to show what they have done…. As regards these girls, we have not seen such. Even the spokesperson for Boko Haram has not come to tell Nigerians that they did the kidnapping. So, the issue of negotiation has not come up.”

The President, however, assured Nigerians that the government would get the girls back with the support of their parents and guardians. This, he said, was because the Police did not have records of the missing girls.

Jonathan said, “We actually request maximum cooperation from the guardians and the parents of these girls because up till this time, they have not been able to come and give the Police clear identity of the girls that have yet to return.

“We are pleading that they should cooperate with the government. We need the identity of these girls and wherever they are, we are talking to all the neighbouring countries – Cameroon, Chad and Benin Republic, as well as some countries in North Africa – so that wherever they take these girls, we will get them back if we get the maximum cooperation of the parents and guardians.”

Regardless of the challenges being faced in a bid to rescue the girls, Jonathan said it would not end up being another unsolved mystery.

He said the government was looking beyond rumours, adding that since it appeared the girls had been taken out of the country, a team was being sent to look closely at other nations.

The President said while government was exploring several options to tackle the Boko Haram insurgency, it would not adopt the same approach used to resolve the Niger-Delta crisis.

This, he said, was because, unlike Boko Haram, the “Niger Delta militants were not terrorists.”

He said, “The Niger Delta militants approach was quite different from that of the terrorists. The Niger Delta militants were not terrorists. I am not trying to defend them because I am from there.

“Even when I was a Deputy Governor and a Governor, the then President (Olusegun) Obasanjo sometimes sent for us. And some of the leaders of those boys (militants) used to come. You were hearing that they were agitators in the Niger-Delta and somebody like Asari (Dokubo) that is well known, I saw him for the first time in the State House when I came for a meeting with Chief Obasanjo. So, they had a reason for their agitation.”

Jonathan denied knowledge of the suit filed by Alison-Madueke seeking to stop the House from probing her but accused the members of playing politics.

He said, “I am not aware that the Minister went to court to stop any investigation. And on the issue of the House, there are a lot of issues that have been sorted out and there are issues that are not clear. The minister has appeared before the parliament more than 200 times.

“In fact, some of my ministers attended 25 per cent of the sittings in parliament. No country can progress when a minister spends most of the time appearing before the parliament.

“The minister of petroleum has not gone to court to stop them.

“The information we have is that some organisations have questioned the rationale for the probe . But what I want you to know is that the parliament is made up of politicians. And if you have been following the issue especially in the House, you will know that there is more than politics than work.”

The President asked the House to rid itself of what he described as “parliamentary dictatorship”

“There is no human being on earth that has not made mistakes. Presidents all over the world are being attacked from the strongest country to the weakest country. But you cannot satisfy everybody. People come after you from different angles. Some people will just set up a magazine or newspaper because they want to face one human being,” he claimed.

“I am not trying to protect anybody. Some people talk about jet or no jet. The Ministry of Petroleum Resources is one ministry that because of its activities people pay attention to it.

“The arrangement they have now whether it is costlier than what they used to have, we will find out. We are looking into it. But when somebody wakes up and says the ministry of petroleum is making use of a jet, the ministry of petroleum has always been using jets. Some government functionaries, you can go to the parliament, they have their own. Whether they hire or not, I don’t know. Only the judiciary is always mindful of what they do.”

He also spoke on emergency rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, saying it had been effective in the war against terrorists in the North-East.

Jonathan added, “The state of emergency is effective. Some Nigerians think that when you declare a state of emergency, the political institutions must collapse; the governor will leave, the state assembly will be dissolved, local government chairmen and councillors will leave. That is their own interpretation and as long as those people are there, they feel that the state of emergency is not complete and is ineffective.

“One of the key reasons why we declared state of emergency was to ensure that security operatives had some privileges and to avoid litigation.

“Terrorism is not a phenomenon that a state of emergency of one month, six months and one year will solve; except occasional terror.

“We are consulting the security and relevant people and when we need to extend, we will extend it (state of emergency) because I believe that we are succeeding.”

Meanwhile, the Principal of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, Hajiya Asabe Kwabura, was in the early hours of Sunday arrested and quizzed at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja in connection with the girls kidnapped in her school on April 14.

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The probe in National Assembly is more of politics than genuine, it is targeted at Jonathans Government. But I know they will certainly fail, at the appointed time, Nigerians will know the truth.

Amaechi

You are plain stupid.As long as the minister is not culpable,she should go and clear her name.Politics or no politics,the national assembly has the constitutional right to summon her.

dpfrank

GEJ said she had appear up to 200 times and we dont know about that.

Ide4u

The question now is who is winning? GEJ government or Boko Haram?

doctor of hypertension

Why the delay? If they want to steal money, it is faster, but always delay to investigate.

ZODOS

IF JONATHAN IS SERIOUS ABOUT LOCATING THESE GIRLS HE SHOULD PLACE A N50M REWARD FOR ANY USEFUL INFORMATION THAT WILL LEAD TO THEIR RESCUE.
IF HE MOUNTS A SERIOUS MEDIA CAMPAIGN BOTH IN HAUSA AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN TELEVISION, RADIO AND OTHER MEDIAS.I’M SURE THE INFORMATION WILL COME OUT EVEN FROM A BOKO HARAM MEMBERS.
MR PRESIDENT SEEMS TO BE CONFUSED ABOUT THE SECURITY SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY.

Deji75

You dont know what you are talking about. What about $5m tagged on boko Haram leader by United State. Has that work? How do we know that it is not a plot of State governors in the North to exploit the government to feed boko Haram.
MR PRESIDENT IS NOT CONFUSED , Knowing that you have boko haram sponsorer in every part of Government, including the military. He is actually handling it well.

Dash Bamgbose

Lol ! who is stopping you from voting? yeye man! Go vote on Monday morning if you want sef!!

Passionate

Lets remind him to always remember to vote wisely! He has the choice to vote for whoever he wishes to vote for.

BOSSO

Unfortunately his vote will be meaningless from southwest where he comes from.

effizzy

What if he isnt living in the South West. Why make the assumption.

Guguru

Deji75,

How much were you paid to say these silly things? What Jesus are you talking? Are you talking about Jesus of Otuoke?

star gazer

Hes talking about Jesus Christ the author and finisher of our faith the true son of God.The I am that I am the rock of ages the word incarnated. The alpha and omega the beginning and the end.The saviour and a peacemaker.

Guguru

star gazer,

Did you take a long leap into his heart and mind to record what he meant? Are you now a heart and mind reader? Tell me, what will President Jonathan wear tomorrow morning?

BOSSO

I can easily tell you that. Black top and a hat. LOL

Guguru

LOL!

chidube

Hahaha, my God

Ide4u

That hat has to go!!! His brain needs more oxygen now than ever

ben benny

Yes ooo.

Tman

Jesus just like law did not support indolent. Read your bible very well. Jesus did not preach but acted against those that want to turn the house of God to a market place. Let the Presidency acted like a President instead of passing bulk.

Otofure

May holy ghost fire consume you and your generation for toying with the almighty!!!

Guguru

Otofure,

What Holy Ghost fire? Do you still use kerosene for cooking or are you enamored by the slow flames that emanate from a kerosene stove? And why are you asking a thing that does not exist to consume me? Are you providing moral support to some unseen cannibal? LOL!

Tman

God is not man. Holy Ghost does not dabble into useless Nigeria politics. Stop using the name of Holy Ghost in vain less you meet you dead end.

effizzy

I vote for GEJ anytime any day AGAIN and AGAIN.
He has done well as a president.
He will do better in his second term.
I believe he will fight corruption in his second term.
It would be foolish for any President to fight corruption with tooth and nail in their first term cos you are bound to lose your Political mercenaries all of whom you need to be reelected however corrupt they may be.
That is just the unfortunate situation.
In the second term, Presidents have nothing to lose.
This is why the poor guy was fighting for a one tenure system but our bad people refused.

Sola(Atlanta)

Reno Omokri,you again with many pseudo names on this forum.Your days are numbered.It is you that uses different names from all regions….Yoruba names,Igbo names,Hausa names,Kanuri names,Efik names etc. Your cups are already full,You will all be prosecuted after 2015 for all the atrocities committed by GEJ and his cohorts.You,Alison,Ngozi,Dora,Adoke,Abati,Okupe and the rest.Nothing last forever.

Onike24

Amen! These bunch of retards won’t be the first to hold my beloved country hostage but they will def be the last

sol

You are just been unnecessarily sentimental. One thing His Excellency failed to realise is that he is CIC and has the might to do the needful instead of the blame game. Those he put in charge of defence of the nation, the most sensitive part are all BH apologists and they see it as a war against Islam on the one hand and the decimation of the northerners on the hand.
What stops him from flflushing this saboteurs out and put in place trusted loyalists who are ever ready to nip the ugly situation in the bud.
The problem he is that he used to playing second fiddle going by his antecedent, so much so that he has forgotten that he is the helm’s man. Let him take the bull by the horn and assert his authority.
The assertion that some set of people from some geo-political zones are promised to make his administration ungovernable is a mere subterfuge and self-defeatist. It is my considered opinion that it is a calculated attempt to whip up unnecessary sentiment in a bid to shirk away from his responsibilities. A stitch in time saves nine!

Ide4u

The President has been trusting those Antichrists around him. Let them deliver him now

Guguru

Zodos,

Jonathan is not willing to spend his campaign money with anyone. He does not like sharing his money, not even with his own people. LOL!

Onike24

He is not confused he really truly does not give a damn

Justice Daves

Everyone has their Jets. See corruptions in daylight.

arewethishopeless

Everything, “I dont know”. So what do you know? Imagine what the families are going thru hearing Jonathan speak ——-. What hope is there for the families and the country who have just lost these citizens in one go?

Is this not a crisis? Is this not enough for the WEF to be cancelled so security forces can concentrate on returning this girls hale and hearty. Are the world and business leaders coming for this Forum so callous that they cannot reschedule after the girls have been found? Everyday that passes increases astronomically the chances of never getting them back. Is WEF the priority now?

Please WEF participants, reschedule this event as our so-called president is too ******** to get his priorities right ..

lastp

There is no need to explain anything to you because your mind has been made

Amaechi

And people like you shouldn’t be commenting here as you clearly aren’t intelligent.

Blues

It is becoming more apparent that Borno state government know more than what they are telling the public about the abducted girls. There are many, many questions begging for answers.

The Nigeria Future Project

Please share what is leading you to your conclusion about the Brono state government

Henry

WAEC wrote to the State government that they should make arrangement for the girls to take their exams in Maiduguri, they reply WAEC that, all is well, adequate security is in place, then the girls came back to school. Mind you this community is about 90% Christian and students of the school are also about 90% Christians. Other non-Christian schools were not asked to reopen in nearby communities in the area. Am beginning to wonder if the state government is not working with BH. There is a high level conspiracy going on. Those girls might be in some government lodge somewhere in Kano or some other state capital. GEJ might be weak, but this is definitely a cover up. And no president can be strong if those who are supposed to be custodian of the law are bent on sabotaging your good effort.

Blackburn J.

I’m not sure you will be doing all this second guessing if a member of your family is involved. You people are quite funny o. Mothers are crying for their chidren and you are turning everything around and making the victims look like criminals. You are all heartless and wicked. What is a village woman’s business with politics?

Ogidi Chinedu

wothers crying could not go to see the president on his demands. they are lucky to be dealing with GEJ. BUT HE WILL OVERCOME. HES SMARTER THAN THEY THINK

Henry

You make absolute no sense at all, if you don’t understand what am saying, you would have keep quiet if you were wise, Blues made a comment that Borno State govt might have hand in the incident, Nigeria Future ask why he think so, I reply future that correspondence between WAEC and the state government and environmental factors shows the state culpability. Where do you see any reference to victims family? From where did you see village woman and politics in my post? Stay away from Ogogoro. I still stand by my belief that there conspiracy is this matter.

Night Crawler

The security his referring to is the one GEJ deployed in the state, the state is under emergency so soldiers mount road blocks around the state, how come truck load of girls bybass army at check point, or is truck flying now?

Henry

If there is conspiracy, as long as those solders are Nigerians, money will change hands and nobody will see anything. I asked the same question when they enter inside army barrack in Maidugiri and free their members detained there, the machine they use to protect the place suddenly became faulty when BH came and refuse to fire. There are lot of pieces here and there that can be put together that support the argument.

dpfrank

Fingers are pointing to different directions, even to FG .

Loophole

You wouldn’t be saying this if a member of your family was among those abducted.

ben benny

That is true.I believe those students might be kidnapped by northern politicians working with boko haram or any other group.There aim may be to keep them away till the 2015 election is over knowing fully well that Jonathan cannot win the election while the students are still missing.All the things we hear about the students being married out might be false,but just to continue putting tension in the country.The truth shall come out one day.Northerners are desperate and can do anything to get back power since they are born to rule.

Wähala

You believe is sh*t

Sandra

I’m afraid I know the belief is ugly, that is the view of many. Something simply does not add up! But you know, whom ever is responsible will pay dearly.

Wähala

Catch him first… before talking tough!

Sandra

Although the belief is ugly, that is the general consensus!

bashwaz

That is what they want u to believe. Have you noticed the high level of religious and ethnic sentiments currently? It is the nature of this government to hide behind religion and ethnicity for their incompetence and ineptitude

Wähala

What belief and what’s the general consensus if not that those girls are still missing?

SpeakOut

think about it, first: they gave us the wrong amount of students that were missing, secondly; they refuse to question the one’s that escaped according to them and how did they know that some of them have been married out?
providing answers to these questions will help in finding and bringing back these girls to their families.

Wähala

One missing girl is too many… this is unlike Sanusi and our missing $20bn, this is about humanity and a mother wants her daughter back, chi kena!

SpeakOut

Deceiving one’s self it very bad to human, we both know the TRUTH, don’t let us deceive ourselves, why will you accuse SANUSI unnecessarily?.

Jefia

goat please go back to Sambisa forest!

Muhammad

You are useless person now what do you say as he is saying militant are not terros can you imagine this, So what is the benefit to kidnap your own son as you are referring to northern politicians, Jona to win 2015 or not one day he must leave aso where is obj. think wisely

Sandra

My friend, not to be rude, but as this is an international discussion forum, do check your grammar before posting so we can fully understand the point you are putting across.

Sandra

My friend, not to be rude, but as this is an international discussion forum do check your grammar before posting so we understand the point you are putting across.

The Nigeria Future Project

Really – and a space ship landed yesterday in Lagos

dpfrank

Assumption and speculations are sickning, we need proof.

Tunsj

Where is your proof?

Moses

What an infantile reasoning! How will that stop GEJ from winning in 2015? Infact the insecurity in the NE will only help GEJ to win the election, because voting will not hold in that area! A loss for anti GEJ politician, APC etc.

Pls reason reasonably. If these mad people want to destabilise Nigeria a bomb in Lagos, Port Harcourt or Warri or Ibadan (God forbid) will achieve more. GEJ will not actively tackled the NE problem believe me, it suits his political calculation well!

Instinct

They must be mad to think or believe that they are born to rule over Nigerians

James

I quite agree with you. My fear about this country is that those that are behind this political madness are not willing us well.

Wähala

Dumbo does not know anything about the girls so what’s there to explain?

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dpfrank

Pls keep ur explanation.Everything is clear to our mind.

redeem

Security chiefs had indicted some top politicians and elite in the Northeast, for sabotaging the ongoing operations against the insurgents and wanted the governors and Houses of Assembly in the affected states suspended while the operations lasted. “The politicians and elite, including the governors in those states, are working against our programme; their unguarded utterances are daring the insurgents. They seem to have an advance knowledge of the insurgents and are ready to defend them. Whenever these criminals attack, killing innocent people, these politicians would blame us and when we are able to locate their hideouts and smoke them out, they would be out accusing us of killing innocent 9jas. This is why WE ARE of the opinion that suspending them while the emergency rule lasts is the best option,”Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno and Murtala Nyako of Adamawa and a serving senator, are part of the alleged sabotage.–dont mind wahala that ibo man

sol

Then do the needful-arrest them. Shifting blame on whosoever is defeatist !

Mr No Nonsense

Arrest who? a sitting governor with immunity. our system of government breeds corruption.1999 constitution was our main problem. if this governors are picked up today, you will be the same person to shout to the high heaven that they are witchhunted, PDP this, GEJ that. the truth of the whole matter is that Apc are the real enemies of Nigeria, they are aware of kidnapped girls. Apc knew their whereabout, this is for political reasons, to score political point. there are more to this kidnapping and the truth is that, Apc are responsible for the kidnapping, take it or leave, but one day, the truth will surely comes out.

Freeman

And APC is stronger than the federal government or the PDP? APC must be a super hero the way you put it.

Sandra

But APC are in control of the worst effected states. It does look suspect when they appear to fold their arms and scream incompetence at the Federal Government!

Wähala

When was the APC formed and when did your creek crook declare SoE in those states?

Jefia

Prodigal goat born by immorality go back to sambisa forest! PARASITE!!

Sandra

But they are in control of the worst effected states. What role are they playing in trying to end the insurgency created in their neck of the woods? It looks suspect when they fold their arms and scream incompetence at the Federal Government!

El realista

Boko Haram’s insurgency is not just a problem for these Northeastern states, but the entire Country. last time I checked, the federal Government controls all security agencies in the Country. They only march on the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, and not from a governor.
The Country is up in flames, and morons are still out there speculating over what political party might be responsible. Isn’t it high time that y’all started talking about solutions?

Wähala

Do you know the meaning of State of Emergency (SoE) at all?

Baba kadi21

APC civilians in the affected states succeeded in forcing boko haram to retreat to sambisa forest which is a game reserve belonging to federal govt. What we have been expecting is for the PDP led federal govt who control the army and other security agencies to move into the forest and do the needy!

Tamedo1

Please sir provide evidence APC knew where the girls are.

Onike24

You people are the most incompetent liars we have ever been afflicted with. Try as you may you cannot explain away Gen Azazi’s statement. You see everything through the prism of politics. Even when the lives of children are at stake !

Ide4u

Did you see the living conditions of those soldiers fighting Boko Haram? Where is the money for their upkeep, their gears and equipments? Have you not heard that Boko Haram have better weapons than the Nigerian Military? If you are one of those rank and file soldiers, will you risk your life for these clueless people? The Generals, having shared the money and as usual with GEJ government policy of trading blames, have resorted to pointing accusing fingers at opposition politicians and elites. Even if there is total emergency without those governors, GEJ and his present military leaders cannot defeat the real Boko Haram. The best they can do is to kill innocent people, feed GEJ with lies and after one week, Abuja explodes.

Onike24

Money? It was ordinary stealing according to Mr President! Did you hear him say the that Niger delta militants who killed serving soldiers of the Nigerian army are not terrorists ? Tomorrow he can wake up and say Boko haram are agitators! Serving soldiers put their lives at risk for what? A president who quite clearly does not give a damn and a public too scared to confront and bring down this idiots

Naijaborn

My brother, there is no way the boko haram will be more equipt than the Nigerian Army.
You see, you have to always check the consequences of actions before you take them.
I am aware that the Nigerian Army has up to 1,000 armored tanks. If just 100 of those thanks enter Sambisa with air strikes from the Air Force, what do you think would happen? However, if the Fulani would approve of the FG to use force then they must be ready not to shout genocide when the consequences come because boko haram would be driven away from that forest and many of them would be killed but many of those school girl would also be killed in the rescue process. Even if the USA send their marine for this rescue operation, it is going to be the same result as long as it is force. There will be many casualties.
The question is are Nigerians ready for the consequences of using force in this very matter?
Personally, I believe that it is better for the FG and Nigerians to involve the Fulani leaders into this matter. Invite people like the Sultan of Sokoto, Buhari, IBB, Abdulsalam, Atiku, Junaid Mohammed, Shehu Sani and some Islamic clerics and send them to go and talk to their boko boys.
That is the only solution left because all the boko haram boys are Fulanis and all the herdsmen killing their host communities with AK 47 are also Fulanis and it only their leaders that can talk to them otherwise we would like the result of not facing the truth when we should.
God bless Nigeria

Onike24

The same security chiefs who lied that they rescued the girls? The same security chiefs who took two weeks to get the names of the missing girls? You will surely reap what you sow Reno omokri. You wait and watch God work.

Ken

What is your problem with Igbos ? Your hatred for them is surely eating you up .

EUO

That is your plan. Put governance on hold until boko haram demand is met or just have mr president resign so that the North will take over. u goofed .

Otofure

That will not happen. let them kill themselves, we must move forward.

Tman

Let hope your clan will be on fire and the world will be watching. Selfish people. Why don’t you instead encourage your son-of-the-soil to act Presidency instead of acting defeatist.

Onike24

Bigot.

El realista

And clearly a bigoted comment.

Onike24

Boko haram have not made any demands! They said initially they wanted sharia in the whole country, but they have not even mentioned that for about three years. Do not assume Boko haram are a coherent terrorist Organisation like the IRA or Tamil Tigers or even Al Qaeda . Boko haram started as a rag tag group of almajris, who were used by some politicians ( and I think all parities were culpable) unfortunately the Arab spring occurred, Gaddafi fell his mercenaries disbanded, and Al Qaeda in the Maghreb became emboldened and the rest as they say is hidstory ! Boko haram have become a hydra headed monster that requires a serious approach to not the blame game we are currently playing

El realista

And I believe that this is the same approach that the moron in Aso rock took, and he was able to justify dancing a day after a national tragedy.
The entire World are in solidarity to get these girls back, but neanderthals back in Nigeria are still bent on ethno-religious bias over Boko Haram.

Otofure

That’s your plan for NIgeria so that attention can be shifted from other areas of governance. The government will let you northerners reap what you have sown.

Onike24

Let us assume for the sake of argument ( and for the record I strongly disagree) that ” northerners ” are behind Boko haram, these girls are minors did they agree to be kidnapped and raped and sold into slavery?I struggle to understand how some individuals reason. Our duty is not to the northern politicians but to those poor poor girls whose only crime was to have been born into a dehumanised Nigeria!

Papa

I feel it’s not idea to halt all governmental and economic activities while the search and rescue efforts are going on. Both can be executed suitably and simultaneously without one affecting the other if well planned.

BOSSO

If Boko Haram doesnt disrupt the so-called forum, protests will.

ben benny

And that is their plan when they made that statement,’we will make the country ungovernable if GEJ wins’.

myname

oga if someone threatens u and eventualy harm comes 2u, whether evidence against d person or not arent u going 2 take action against d person? all this grammar of “their plan to frustratte jona is lame when no action is taken against d aggressors.if u no ur aggressors y look away and all u do is complain

Kay Soyemi (Esq.)

Guess you never heard the saying, “to be fore warned, is to be fore armed”?

El realista

Boko Haram is not interested in whom ever occupies Aso Rock, but they want to have the Country governed under the Sharia law. This is beyond 2015 elections. Why would a group of people blow up their people, just to get a shot at Aso Rock? It doesn’t make any sense!

Fact

Politics is a game, and we should know that in Nigeria players utilize every possible means to get or remain at the top. What makes you feel that Jonathan is not taking advantage of that statement to discredit Northern Candidates? I won’t be surprise to hear that GEJ is the brain behind BH. They call it politics in Nigeria ( Zero regards for human life)

Joe

Yes, good. One of the themes of the World Economic Forum is the future of youth. Protests about the girls should be aimed at the Forum – the Forum should be ashamed to be meeting under these circumstances.

Agba

No where in the world that terrorism wil stop govement from functioning and what is happening to Nigetia now is a sign that we cannot live together as one nation because hausa ibo anf yoruba are not familly.about bomb treat in lagos
Instead the Yoruba Opc to have meeting like niger delta millitant and ready for the worst or they want to follow hausa like 1967 war again that is why wr are in this mess Biafa should have left this so call Nigeria long time.

James

I think that is the primary aim of the organizers of the abduction.

Prince Gozel

In PUNCH there is a competition on who will criticize the president most. Any person that criticized the president most will be PUNCH man of the day. PUNCH DON YAWAA

anything4nija

Mr hopeless its wrong to attach your hopelessness to what my president knows or do not know. Even though he is the president, he cannot have an eye eveywhere at the same time. The truth is that we make it hard for the govt through comments not carefully thought-out. Comments that lay more credence to enemies strugles or aims

nwamazi

You are a real definition of idiocy

kessler George

Punch for all that has been said this is your only news worthy item, you can keep on setting the negative and destructive agenda for these undecerning young people to follow. Posterity will deal to you your portion with the ungodly. I assure you

Naijaborn

It is very important that every Nigerian should get real right now rather than playing to the gallery.
We have to understand that there is nothing the FG can do at this moment than to use the military to force boko haram to release those school girls and every right thinking person knows that if the FG should use force then that would be the end of those girls and the FG would be accused of genocide. Is that the end result we actually want? No.
GEJ is not a security man and he has given the military the command to rescue the school girls and so if the military are still finding it difficult to perform in the NE due to enemies within their ranks then what should GEJ do about that? Kill himself or kill all the military men?
We just have to look at the very next solution in this matter?
First, we must understand that all the boko haram boys are Fulanis and all the herdsmen killing their host communities with AK 47 are also Fulanis. Therefore, why are Fulani leaders not saying anything about this very problem? Why are they all suddenly quiet? The Arewa Consultative Forum had condemned the evil act of the boko haram and even proffered some solutions but up till now the real Fulani leaders are not doing or saying anything. Why?? Are they secretly waiting and hoping that boko haram will succeed in bringing back power to them?
I mean, if Buhari should be made the president of Nigeria today, would these boko boys continue with this madness?? No way!!!
Therefore, instead of blaming GEJ for the atrocities of the Fulani people, Nigerians should start calling on the Fulani leaders like the Sultan of Sokoto, Buhari, IBB, Abdulsalam, Atiku, Junaid Mohammed, Shehu Sani and a host of others as well as Islamic clerics, to start talking to their boko boys in the language they can understand just like the late Yar’Adua asked GEJ and other Niger Delta people to talk to the militants and they listened and lay down their arms.
We have to call them up for this duty to Nigeria and unless the Fulani leaders have their hands in the activities of the boko boys, they must agree to do this for Nigeria in order that these girls would be released and peace would reign in Nigeria.
This is the solution for now but if we keep running away from the truth then the killing would continue and no matter what military approach we apply, as long as the Fulani leaders are symmetrizing with their boko boys then there would be no success.
God bless Nigeria

Osibisa

ILLITERATES! Is “I don’t know”, all that you read from the News report? It seems somebody explained the HEADLINES to you, and straightaway, and without bothering to read, you began tapping on your keyboard or keypad.

Take your time and read the News report (and other media) and you will understand what he said.

Gaia

IT IS A CRISIS OF IMMENSE PROPORTIONS! Its even more tragic because GEJ doesn’t realise its a CRISIS!!!

dpfrank

Mr president has lost clue on what to do.
Quite shameful!

Olajide

Read between the lines. These girls parents and guardians were refusing to submit materials needed to identify their wards.

Agba

Children are not missing is part of Shettima propaganda shine ur eyes.

Ogidi Chinedu

youi need to look at the other angle of his story, how come the principal the parents are not responding to invitation from the commander in chief. jonathan is really a GOD sent cos so many of us if in his position will not tolorate half of what he is tolerating.

dpfrank

GEJ, where are the abducted girls?
“i dont know”.

likeGEJ

You lack knowledge Mr whatever you call yourself arewethishopeless

arewethishopeless

Please enlighten me Jonathan …

Dele

Jonathan, Mr Incompetence and Cluelessness. The only thing Jonathan knows is corruption. This guy is an embarrassment. How long are we going to tolerate Jonathan and the PDP?

rawsilkysmooth

Pls use some sense non-Nigerians also read our articles.

Aliyu Mahe

The outside world have seen worst on CNN, BBC, aljazeera and other international media. We should not keep fooling ourselves. Facts cannot be hidden. If you are in doubt listen to CNN’s comment on Jonathan media chat last knight.

Amaechi

What sense? Jonathans’ Incompetence is already known around the world.Nothing to hide anymore.

effizzy

As long as the North keeps trying to make the Nation ungovernable, we shall continue to tolerate and support our presido!

Amaechi

Fool

effizzy

Your mother is the fool.

Guguru

Who will bet with me that in the next 1 week, Jonathan will find a reason to go campaigning again even though he has not declared his intentions to run for the Presidency and even though the Chibok girls remain missing? Who will bet that this Otuoke man will end up showing how insensitive he is to the situation at hand?

star gazer

Fatalism breeds fanatics and fanaticism breeds terrorism, with all the rampage of niger deltan militant they never at any point kidnapped their own but with these your fanatic brothers what is the motivation for abducting the kids? You mean they can’t wait any longer for the heavenly virgins promises for killing innocent souls?Guguru talk to your brothers to please release those kids Jonathan wasn’t the one that promised them virgins in heaven….and chibok is no heaven .

Guguru

Star gazer,

I don’t know what you drink before you arrive at this forum daily, but whatever it is, I think it is bad for you—very bad indeed. Below is an article showing the kidnapping of Jonathan’s uncle. Any reason why the Niger-deltans feel motivated to abduct their President’s uncle? Or, do you deny the story below?

Mr Hilary Okara, Commisioner of Police in the State, confirmed the
development in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa on Thursday.

He said Nitabai was freed in Odioma community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Nitabai, a community leader in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area, was freed unharmed and had re-united with his family.

“We rescued Nitabai from Odioma coastal settlement and as I speak with you, I am with him in his house in Otuoke,” Okpara said.

Listen to yourself.
You have clearly drank again!
Comparing Terrorists with Kidnappers who want money.
You must be a daftt!

Guguru

effizzy,

LOL! The wolf in you is coming out strong tonight, isn’t it?

star gazer

So Guguru what is it that your terrorist brothers want in return for the pupil’s freedom?seven virgins?long sunnat and three quarters baggies? What do they want mr spokesman just to have the girls back at home safely ?

Guguru

star gazer,

I mean if you can tell me who these terrorist brothers you talk about are, then we might have a conversation to work with, correct? I am sorry, I do not engage in discussing fairytales? Are these virgins, mat, sunnat, baggies, etc, part of a picnic outfit or fable you have longed for?

star gazer

Guguru you are the devils advocate for your boko haram brothers hailing them for the senseless bombing in nyanya and telling them their strategy will hold the hands ofGEJ to resign among others of your comments or you think we are not taking note of your die hard antics of support for them in your blind hatred for a man that had never wish you any evil…talk to us tell us what you brothers want please bring the poor girls bacj home ..chibok is no aljana your virgins are in aljana and you gat to kill yourself first before you can access that twisted promise sick heads

Guguru

star gazer,

I leave you to your hallucinations. I am no psychiatrist. LOL!

Prince T

Well said. You could not have said it better

indiana jones

well said GEJ
only a fool will not realise that the house of reps are just there to frustrate your govt
interestingly they only probe those in govt from a section of the country
till date, the house is yet to institute a probe of sanusi despite the damning allegations against him
GEJ has been honest and forthwright. he does not know where the girls are period!
how can he know? did he kidnap them?
he is also right that some media houses just exist to castigate and destroy his credibility eg punch newspapers
all their negative write ups are aimed at GEJ, or his wife, or the ministers from the SS and SE
if there is harmattan it is either GEJ’s fault or Ngozi, or Diedzani or Patience or Stella Oduah
if the sun did not rise fast enough it is their fault
if there is half moon it is his fault
but
sir, you should have acted faster when the girls were kidnapped. if the
IG and the military chiefs and commanders have been incompetent, then
you should have removed them long ago.

effizzy

I wish I could thumb up to your comment 20 times. I would have taken the time to do so.

Ide4u

Did the house of rep frustrate his brain too? Will you set up a committee to quench the fire if your house is burning?

donadoni

my brother is enemy of progress at work thank GOD that during these regime nigeria has the biggest economy,just last friday the african development bank has said nigeria economy has an increase of 14%,despite the set backs from that evil aboki’s gej’s govt is still moving forward.

indiana jones

funny how punch permits comments insulting the presidency but censors opinions that are perceived to be against their evil APC sponsors.
well punch keep partaking in iniquity, you shall get your recompense at the appointed time.
but stopping being a medium for spreading hate in nigeria for a bowl of porridge.
it is shameful.

effizzy

Dont mind them. They are all part of our Nations problem.
And actually, they compound it even more than our Politicians.

Sola(Atlanta)

Den force you come here ?….Go comment on Champion newspaper. Yeye !

donadoni

punch will still meet their water loo .

Dr_Hope

The
President is unaware of what is going on. He cannot mobilize the troops as the CIC of the Nigerian Army to boot the Boko Haram from Nigeria completely in the far Northern Nigeria where there is no vegetal or forest cover. These ragtag Boko Haram are killing, kidnapping, and assaulting Nigerians daily physically and psychologically. Mounting debt, looting, insecurity, unemployment, armed robbery, Boko Haram assaults, kidnappers, and poor infrastructures are the hallmarks of this civilian administration. The people of Nigeria regardless of their geographical location will back any Nigeria president if the person can provide adequate security for all Nigerians by tackling the menace of armed robbers, the killings of innocent Nigerians by the Boko Haram, end the looting of the national treasury, provide good roads, and gainful employment for all young graduates. Nigerians should not wait till 2015 to force a change in the current incompetent regime.

Aliyu Mahe

@drhope, I gree with some of your comments but, if you call BH ragtag, I wish to disagree as they out equipped, out smart, and are more organised and deadlier then our military.
A ragtag group can not approach a military barracks with more than 30 hillux, killed who they wanted to kil and escape with their colleagues unchallenged.
Something we don’t know is happening and the people that knows are keeping us in darkness.
Just recently, the custodian of BH suspect’s spoke person Marrilyn Ogar stated on TV that Nigerians should find a means of defending themselves. With which arms and which money?
I don’t know if that statement is as a result of SSS final and conclusive investigation On the group.
May God give us competent leaders to replace this hopelessness.

Trailblazer

Jonathan you are Nigeria’s worst mistake. You are truly incompetent and an embarrassment to the Nigerdelta, the south south and Nigeria. Nigeria clearly has the wrong man as president. I cannot even imagine Rotimi Amaechi giving this king of elementary school student response to an interview.

star gazer

So you prefer him to lie that he knows where the girls are right? Guys are working round the clock to locate them but mind you the kidnappers are not also sleeping by now you will agree with me that they are devilish to even had such thoughts and the logistics to pull such stunts isn’t bread and butter and by now the communities around the area are wanton as well as theres no way you can move over two hundred people around without any sightings but they have chosen to keep quiet why?

Guguru

Stargazer,

Jonathan’s uncle was kidnapped by Niger Deltans and not Muslims or northerners on February 23 , 2014 and was rescued on March 21, 2014. Do you think Niger Deltans may be behind the abduction of the Chibok girls? And why is Jonathan not working to free these girls as fast as he was able to work to free his uncle? So, what is the difference between the Christian kidnappers and the Muslim kidnappers? LOL!

I think that SSS and FBI should check in on guguru. He is bh spokesman and he migth have one or 2 things to say if apprehended. I may be called names now but pls note that i said it today.
My christian brother guguru. Wat has christian kidnappers got to do with the issue on ground. After all asari is a muslim. Ppl are not using his religion to judge his actions. You bh people see pple with with christian names are christian fighters. Wat a low level reasoning.

Guguru

Prince T,

LOL!. Why the bigotry again? You should be banished from the land for your unrestrained bigotry. Note that I said, “Jonathan’s uncle was kidnapped by Niger Deltans and not Muslims…”

So, where did Asari Dokubo come into this? I am not your Christian brother ooo. I am a Christian. The God I serve is different from the God you serve. You serve a wicked god that allows you to think in bigoted terms, all day long. My God does not allow me to do so. That is the difference between the gods we serve, abi? LOL!

Prince T

As A confirmation to wat i said yesterday guguru was the third person to comment on this topic today. I have to leave now to got to workk but guguru alrady has his job cut out for him. He is a lawyer according to him. His job as pRo is to spread propanganda and deflect issues. He will pounce within seconds to attack contrary views. I said it again dat SSS, FBI watch out for guguru’s comments and a trial will convince you.

effizzy

He needs to be tailed and Arrested.

Guguru

effizzy,

LOL! you need to be caged in a zoo.

sed

Are you guys trying to intimidate guguru Just bcos his views differ from yours? Why not ask your lame sss to help rescue the abducted girls first. Nonsense!

Onike24

Arrested? For what? Stop trying to intimidate people. The FBI is not like your dss

Guguru

Prince T,

You are not very smart.

effizzy

You dont have any God or know any god.
If you did, you will know that God doesn’t control peoples thoughts.
So the issue of “my God does not allow me”..blah blah blah is just your foolishhness in display here.

Guguru

effizzy,

This is all you do well: bark and/or growl. Can you for once speak and utter comments that could be likened to those made by human beings, please?

Onike24

Please ignore these people! They are being paid to post all this crap

effizzy

I strongly support your call.
I noticed that the man Guguru is always drunk talking reasoning from his bottom and clearly has an agenda to push negativity here.

Why not blame the Police Commissioner in the STate where the girls were kidnapped…since you just admitted that the State Police commissioner should do their job as they did in GEJs papa’s case.
Why not blame the Governor of the State who spends security votes in Billions monthly, is closer to the people and still cannot give any info.
You sit in the comfort of your wasted bedroom drinking Ogogoro abi Guguru and blame GEJ who is thousands of miles away from the people instead.
Stop drinking before commenting. I have always told you this.

Guguru

effizzy,

I wish you could be helped and trained properly. LOL! Below is a solid and supported response to your lousy question. I recommend you read section 305 of the constitution

The spokesperson of the Borno Elders Forum, Bulama Mali Gubio, said Mr. Shettima cannot be responsible for the security of Borno State sincethe state is currently under an emergency rule imposed by President Goodluck Jonathan.

“We have listened to the very disturbing remarks of our First Lady saying Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, should be held responsible as he is the Chief Security Officer of Borno State,” the group said. “It is very important we remind her that the emergency declared by her dear husband, Mr President is still in force and this means, the constitutional powers of the Governor as Chief Security
Officer have been temporarily withdrawn by the President in accordance with section 305 of the constitution which the President relied upon.”

“The President is at the moment the chief security officer of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States while the governors have administrative powers as democratic structures in compliance with the provisions of the constitution. The President as chief security officer of Borno exercises
his powers through his appointees, the Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff or any of the service chiefs and the Governor administers other aspects of Governance that fall under the concurrent legislative list of the constitution”, the group added.

“We have listened to the very disturbing remarks of our First Lady saying Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, should be held responsible as he is the Chief Security Officer of Borno State,” the group said. “It is very important we remind her that the emergency declared by her dear husband, Mr President is still in force and this means, the constitutional powers of the Governor as Chief Security Officer have been temporarily withdrawn by the President in accordance with section 305 of the constitution which the President relied upon.”
Bulama Mali Gubio

Is this the reason why the governor and his people should feel unconcerned and cannot as much as get common information of the where-about of the girls that are missing in their own area of control even when the governor is still receiving security votes from the FG? This is unthinkable and incomprehensible in a matter that requires that all hands should be on deck.
God bless Nigeria

effizzy

Dont mind the Guguru man
Whenever he is drunk he starts reasoning from his bottom.
What he wrote tells us one thing. I dont think our schools are teaching students how to reason properly and think logically.
Those who are reasoning fine get it from their personal studies and efforts to be great thinkers.
The likes of Guguru are the one that always set aside money to bribe lecturers for grades.

Guguru

The President is the head of Borno State. What part of State of Emergency do you not understand? Governor has literally no power under those conditions. So, how will his concern remove the State of Emergency or make the girls come back?

Naijaborn

State of Emergency with the governor still in place as the Chief Security Officer of the same state does not make the governor a vegetable. He receives security vote from the FG and so he has to justify it by, at least, employing state security agents like we have in Lagos state which can do some security jobs for you, without the FG, as the Chief Security Officer of your state.
As a governor of a state, you cannot just fold your hand just because there is a State of Emergency and do nothing but still collect security vote from the FG every month. The security vote you receive is for what?? Guguru, you are indeed a very funny person with your line of reasoning.
God bless Nigeria

star gazer

Jonathan uncle was kidnapped and the kidnappers called for ransom so what do you want for you and your Islamic terrorist breeder want for the girls to be release to their parent please?

Guguru

star gazer,

Evidence that the kidnappers called for ransome? Was the ransome provided?

Naijaborn

Following your argument. Let us assume, for a minute, that GEJ gave the kidnappers of his uncle some money to obtain his release. Now, tell us how much your boko haram wants from GEJ to release the girls? You seem to know so much and we need people like you who can help us with vital information in this matter? Please, how much does the boko haram want from GEJ in order to release the girls because I am sure that GEJ would want the girls to be released as quickly as he did for his uncle if he knows what your boko haram wants? I am waiting for your response.
God bless Nigeria

Guguru

Naijaborn,

I can help Nigerians think this thing through. The problem is that we are in a deep state of denial about Boko Haram or why they do what they do. We also lie a great deal to ourselves. None of those in power will listen if I spoke. So, I stay and watch them suffer through their ignorance. So, in the process of trying to help Nigerians, I may get frustrated and decide not to help any longer. One thing we do not have is we do n’t have people who love thinking and being strategic in their approach unless money is involved in it.

Naijaborn

Well, it is not all about criticize and criticize. Everybody in this forum wants to hear what solutions you have but judging from your post above, it very clear that you really have nothing to offer in which case I will advise you to stop being mischievous in this forum but read and learn from people who have things to offer. This is a serious matter not child’s play where we come to make irrelevant comments and insult and abuse people without a single solution offered. We want solutions and not rhetoric.
Enough already.
God bless Nigeria

2cents_now

Dr Do nothing presido ; GEJ seems to like being ambivalent and deceitful, while seeking to remain in power. This man and his co travelers need the shove.
Just my 2cents

Max

How can you know there where about when you went to Kano rally to dance Skelew or Azonto notepad of you mobilized your men and follow them bomber to bomber. No that the musician have finished playing the song and you released your mistake.

effizzy

What about their governor, shouldn’t he know their where about at least before the President does.
You blame the president directly without first blaming the Governor and State officials.
Do you know how much they spend on security votes monthly???

Oga

so basically the president does not believe that these girls were abducted. Quite interesting. No wonder he was dancing after the abduction.

effizzy

Well, if the parents are not providing the identities of their missing girls, then they are compounding the issue.
Their action is cultural as they(muslims) are very secretive about their daughters.
But this is def not a time for such.

Afeez Kamorudeen

Effizzy what is the job of the detectives, police investigators and the like? Has the police gone their respective homes and parent refuse them of the identities. Why should they expect the parent to come to the police station to show photos? Abi u no know say our police fit detain such person? Why dont we have a data for all citizens in the first place and why cant we have it now? Where did they get there names from?

effizzy

There is no where in the world that the police/investigators can work in isolation without the support of those affected.

abiodun johnson

I don’t blame Nigerians in diaspora for staying put wherever they are.
Is Jonathan the best man for the job of presidency out of 150million Nigerians or Nigerians just don’t know how to chose a sensible leader?

effizzy

Perhaps we should let you choose our president for us. Ode!

Jamie’s Airspace

Shout out to the supporters of mediocres and clueless lots as leaders…. May The Lord open your eyes to see properly *toungue out *

Tman

Effy without brain.

effizzy

Dude its a democracy …WAKE UP!
The people chose their leader. Respect their choice and stop playing holier than thou.
MUMU

Bob

Nigerians in diaspora demonstrating but those at home go on with their normal businesses. I sorry for Nigerians and their very do ole nature !

Danbauchi

It is a pity! I feel very much for the parents of the abducted girls. May Allah comfort them, and may Allah protect those girls wherever they are. I am sad, deeply sad. I situation like this calls for everyone’s involvement in the search for those girls. Politics apart, we should all be actively involved in the searh. I pray that Allah should touch the hearts of these men called Boko Haram.

Papa

My worry about these innocent girls is that they may all have been married away to terrorists across the globe who may have whisked them away to different places, even countries. In other words, the girls may all not be found being together at a specific geographic location. I feel this is the singular reason why the perceived drone surveillance capacity and intelligence of the Nigerian military have been unable to pin down on their exact location. Over 200 girls is a number so significant that present day aerial technology wouldn’t have stress to make a precise and intelligent guess. Otherwise, Nigeria does not have what she claims to have in terms of military might. External help is highly recommended in that case.

fqEGRYJH

What I do not understand is where there is curfew in a state how does criminals come around and operate without being apprehended immediately. This is an era of cell phone and all manner of communications. I do not have all the knowledge of security operation but I strongly believe there is so much security lapse in the part of Nigeria security operatives. I can tell there is a serious fundamental problem that needs an emergency attention among all the security operatives in the country. We should concentrate on how we can help one another to make Nigeria a better place. Please BH pause a little check the families of your sponsors majority are in abroad either schooling or enjoying their lives. BH you causing pain and sorrow to the poor, innocent and your love ones. If prophet Mohammed is to be hear in this generation and age there is a possibility he will have a rethink on the issue your fighting for, like western education, politics, and religious issue etc. BH I strongly believed, you guys I more intelligent than the havoc your causing Nigerians. I pray God will give us more wisdom to love and reason things in the right direction. Live is more than president Joenathan, BH or anyone irrespective of what you think of yourself at this moment This is just my personal opinion and I do not mean any offence to anyone. God bless Nigeria.

BOSSO

Tell me about it. You think we dont know that you DONT know? Give a break please. You are so disgusting.

Biodun

Please check USA, UK and the sky, maybe you will find them there, Mr President, you are just a joke and you are making Nigeria a joke Nation. How could you say, you dont know, always you dont know, let me ask you, what do you ever know? It so sad, Nigerian did not see anyone that will be good and competent to vote for, but GEJ. As i always says, you have failed yourself, your Ijaws people, and Nigerian. Please , just go back home, let someone that knows, be on the seat.

opoenia majeadake

Let’s find the girls first and cancel the WEF for now! It means Nigerians and its government are not sensitive about the plight of its citizens if the WEF should go ahead when more than 200 innocent souls are missing! Government should work with the principal of the school who has the register of each and every pupil and their identities. Government should please not aggravate the plights of the parents who are facing sleepless night and agony of their missing children that GEJ government cannot find!

DanYaro

Another set of pedestrian responses from our first PhD holder President. For those equally clueless defenders of mediocrity, history will never be kind to these hollow, careless statements from a C in C!

Femi

Nigerians are generally over optimistic people who cling to burning rafts saying “tomorrow go better”. How do you make a donkey run like a race horse?” What in its antecedents or track record suggest it will win a race against anything different from its ilk? Do not insult donkeys, just don’t try to win races with them! At the next race change your ride.

Shahokaya

‘Only the judiciary is always mindful of what they do.”….In other words as head of the government ‘I am not mindful of what I do’. No wonder we are saddled with the most inept, clueless, confused and corrupt leadership under Jonathan.

Sam

And this president can open his mouth and come out to say these, oh my gosh! Absurdity in totallity

donadoni

sam if u were the president what will u do, is it not better tell the truth than to lie to the nation like the northern elite.

Man_Enough

that “truth” is valueless. we already know that he does not know.

Actor

“I am not aware the Minister went to court to stop any investigation.”GEJ. This president is a LIAR and should not be trusted. No wonder OBJ and some Nothern Govs insisted he promised to spend one term. He denied and his apologists are asking for evidence or the document he agreed to spend one term. A thief learns to lie first. It is evident that GEJ in desperate for 2015. Let him run and lose. That will be the lesson for not being trustwhothy.

http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/ Udoabasi

All you are interested in is presidency and not the resources. OBJ wanted 3rd term, but denied. Her daughter told him off last year and blasted him for denying. Does OBJ have moral justification to tell someone he is telling lies? o the Northern governors who stole their people dry have moral justification to say someone is lying after lying for decades and having abandoned their millions of children on the streets. Boko Haram is a product of lies they have been telling their boys about infidels and Islam. Is that trustworthiness?

Actor

OBJ too is a LIAR. We dont need LIARS again as president. GEJ is a pathological LIAR.

http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/ Udoabasi

The same OBJ is your idol

Sunny Oke.

Rather unfortunate to say the girls are gone, will be extremely surprised if they are ever found alive.

Sandra

There is more to this kidnapping than meets the eye! This is just a cheap tactic to bring the government down to it’s knees. They are callously playing politics with the lives of innocent children. What those behind the kidnapping don’t know is that God is watching, and the cry of the world will reach God’s ear. I guarantee you that they have bitten off more than they can chew and they certainly will be exposed! Mark my words!

Sunday Njokede

Jesus wept! So Jonathan doesn´t know the meaning of ‘TERRORIST;’ to terrorise! Has Jonathan or his handlers heard of something like ‘telephone terrorist?’ If for example you and your wife or girlfriend had problems and both went their different ways. And the boy-friend not satisfied with her, decides to hide his telephone number calling her every now and then to discomfort her and make her life helll – that man is a ‘telephone terrorist'; he terrorises the women. People go to jail in sane countries for doing telephone terror and terrrorising others. Terrorists come in different forms.

Some militants in Niger Delta are purely terrorists. They have terrorised people and killing some brutally. Jonathan needs to back to school in the aftermath of sacking all his handlers. In Bayelsa State some months ago, more that 12 policemen were killed and Jonathan ignorantly tells the world that militant yonder are not terrorists! The whole world is laughing at Jonathan Goodluck and his regime’s movers and shakers. What a lot of nonsense!

By and by, it is corruption that has birthed Boko Haram alongside Niger Delta militants plus kidnappers and churning armed robbery.

Sunday Njokede is copy right owner

Evbakha okunn

Jokers all

Justice Daves

Everyone should watch jungle justice Nigeria on the YouTube.

Justice Daves

Gej knows nothing about bad happenings in 9ja. He only knows that okonjo created a million jobs on her papers.

Sunday Njokede

But, why for goodness sake would Jonathan defend Mrs Diezaini Madueke’s corruption? Why is this man notorious for cheerleading corruption in Nigeria? Personally, I think the main aim of the Media chat was to clear Mrs Madueke of criminal wrongdoings, the rant about the schoolgirls and other of Jonathan’s media chit chat are secondary as they are an aside. Woe betides Obasanjo for boxing Jonathan to Aso Rock via backdoor of do or die politics of ‘arrangee.’! Jonathan is the biggest disgrace that come out of Nigeria since our Forefathers.

Fatima

I just read this report, and I’m asking myself same thing…is this how our leaders reason on matters concerning corruption? I love this country but sometimes…. these kind of thought processes of our leaders exhibit makes me despair!

donadoni

fatima, your elders and your governors from the north knows the where about of those girls even boko haram has not claime responsibity .

Sunday Njokede

Nigerians should come out en masse and vote Jonathan out in 2015. Jonathan should make hay and hand over to president Buhari. Jonathan must go, corruption must go 2015!

Domino

Kano rally was a very costly mistake. With these girls abducted few hours before the rally, GEJ ought to have immediately marshalled out orders both in actions and in words, if possible, visit maiduguri immediately rather than Kano( as Obama would have done), these abductors wouldn’t have gone far and this present mess would have been avoided.
In summary, this present charade is one of several clear signs of leadership failure on the part of GEJ, which he must be held responsible for….. #GEJhasFAILED

Fula

its not smart saying you are not defending anybody and then in your next sentence you go on to defend Diezani and the Niger Delta Militants. for the avoidance of doubt, Anybody, muslim jihadis or ND militants, who resorts to the use of violence as a means to achieve WHATEVER END, is a TERRORIST. Mr. President please dont make the matter worse

Akubest

Yeye dey smell! The government is not aware of where the abducted girls are? Yet the media feed us with the information about how the girls are being raped fifteen times a day. Why can’t the government hold those that give out this information to task because it is either they’re lying just to provoke public sentiment or they know something about their whereabouts.
Also, GEJ is not aware of the court action surrounding the jet scandal. True to type. He’s not aware of most things happening around him. He’s just watching without seeing most of the times.

Jamila Mohammed

It’s better to say I don’t know than to say you know them and that you wine and dine with them,ohh what a country.

Sunday Njokede

A bunch of lazy-about! But they know where ogoro bottles is and they know where all the cheap, loose and corrupt beatiful women are in Nigeria – and, they know how to make them ministers so they could see the women’s everything and run their their carnal programms in women’s station and denfend them for corruption! They know those but not where abductees are.

Shahokaya

Where’re all the pastors and prophets in Nigeria that claim God speak to them every day? Where is Pastor Adeboye of RCCG that specializes in scamming desperate citizens with fake miracles? Hasn’t he heard that 270 of our girls are missing? God that shows him people that has headaches everyday has not shown him where those
girls are kept or where the Malaysian airline 370 with over 200 souls is? Every
Nigeria should ask those criminal pastors buying private jet every year these
questions

BOB EZE

JONATHAN SHOULD NOT BE BLAME FOR THE ABDUCTION OF THE SCHOOL GIRLS,
ALTHOUGH HE’S THE PRESIDENT AND SHOULD DO SOMETHING POSITIVE. I WANT TO
SAY IT’S SHAME TO THE BOKO HARAM SET. I WANT TO SAY THEY ARE COWARD. WHY
ABDUCTING SCHOOL GIRLS? WHY KILLING THE POOR AT THE MOTOR PARK? WHY
CAN’T THEY GO AND BOMB THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, WHERE THE BIG MEN THAT HAS
CREATED PROBLEM FROM THIS COUNTRY? WHY CAN’T THEY GO TO THE HALL OF THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE AND BOMB THE PLACE AND KILL THOSE BIG MEN
THERE? WHY CAN’T THEY BOMB ASO-ROCK?

INFACT BOKO HARAM SHOULD WAKE UP AND BE REASONABLE IN THERE THINKING.

emma

You are suggesting evil and need deliverance, Bob Eze. Why should they bomb any place in the first instance. Why can’t they negotiate and dialogue. Does creating more problems solve existing problems? Be wise

Godwin Ikenna

U are right but can u go to Sabisa forest to say this?

trouble

I think the president should sack all his advisers & uncountable aides. Apparently they dont keep him informed of the going ons in the country.He is advised to join the disqus forum . Then he will get good information & advise at a cheaper rate for the country.
All his numerous advisers are busy protecting their jobs & linning their pockets at the detriment of the nigerian people.

gringory99

Slowly slowly the real captives of these girls and their motives is slowly being exposed.Everybody is thinking about the safety of these girls but CAN is already trying to secure them admission and compensation.Hmmmmm…..I wonder if the government agrees to their demands the girls would suddenly appear

Don martino

arewethishopeless or what is ur name i can see truly that you are an hopless person infact people like you are not suppose to be making comments here..are you blind or deaf dont you read the paper before you make comment Mr president said they have used all the available information and also search thru airspace to look for these abducted girls bit all their effors yield nothing yet you are making rubbish comment here average nigerians knw that the abducted of all these girls is to frustrate and embarss Gej out of office by notherner people of which God will not accept for them up till today there is no accurate figure of abducted girls moreover before ameriac got osama bin laden it took them time so let us be prayerful and mindful,,watchful of our comments to any annointed man of God in order not face the wrapt of God..Cos Gej is annointed president

Godwin Ikenna

No wonder the clueless man can dance Skelewu after the girls were abducted. His wife can also give face cry after 20 days of abduction. Why will he not use all available information when he has nothing in his head. He has embezzled all fund allocated to defense in the last 5 years. I can’t wait for BH to kidnap his household.

Wähala

The clueless has no clues about anything… No further comment!

babalawo

Mr clueful pls give us a clue… Talk is cheap

greatbiodun

I wonder what kind of clueless president will have in this country , how can he tell the whole world that he doesn’t know the where about of the missing kids…. he must be a joker

SAM BABALOLA

As usual President has spoken, but he is economic with truth, about security, when Gorvenor Shettima said the Boko Haramu are well armed and well motivated , he was castigated, and he said may be he could withdrawn army for one week. Meanwhile this President knew all along that his army have not been equipped for 20years , Please Mr President what has happened to Defence Budget for the Past 5years? How much had been budgeted for Defence since 1999 when PDP (people deceiving party ) took over ? What happened to the money?
How much of Secuty vote of Federal and the 3 steets have been sunk into this bottomless pit of rag tag army of bokoHahamu that has not given concrete result since declaring state of emergency ? Why has part of this money not spent in equipping Army. Why can’t president sell 9 out of presidential fleet (r2) to equip the army.
So Shettima was right. The truth of All Nigerian elites in Government be it politician or army have been defrauding their motherland , raping it into coma .
This is food for thought.8

Tman

This country is in real crisis. Police knows nothing other than collecting bribe on the road. Military can’t give us actual number of children kidnapped. Politicians does not know the diffrent between 19 and 16. #2billion on the run, yet no one knows anything. Now the President does not have information on whereabouts of our children. Is this country lock-down or what? Where are our intelligence Agency.

SAM BABALOLA

Correction:: note Security and States in line 9.

LinkHK

No, Mr. president said “he knows boko haram in his government” so we will not be tired of waiting until he tell us who they are.
The world economic forum won’t have any great country’s leader, only the one’s that need to score point will be there.
His children will be kidnap in future then he will also feel the pain.

POLITCIANS AND LIES

If power is “organized knowledge,” No doubt the sources of knowledge for Nigerian Leaders STINKS. )))))

Morakinyo Gosi

The whole nation relied on our security agents and the president to have brought joy back to the families of the innocent abducted girls by now. From the words of no hope from the President is it not high time we all cry to God for divine intervention in this case? May the Almighty God come to the aids of these children. I cannot imagine what these innocent girls and their parents are going through now and with the recent statement from the president. How there can a whole security outfit of the country cannot trace where these children were taken to for close to 3 weeks now? I am lost of words to use for our so called leaders(rulers) They are expart in looting money and grand master in corruption and all these have made them to lose focus of their responsibilities in securing the lives of Nigerian. How can one defend the government action about all these happenings?

stackCrawler

we need divine intervention,it is clear that GEJ cannot do anything.

bashwaz

Maybe #AmericaWillKnow……

Comon guys, is this the best material you guys down southeast/Niger Delta have? What nonsense! I had to ask those around, is this really the president of a nation speaking and not in a beer parlour?!!!

Paradox is when an “alleged” PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) holder can’t make a simple valid argument.

How can a President be saying “If anybody steals $20bn today, America will
know and tell you where the money is, because $20bn is a lot of money?!!!

After two explosions in almost the same areas, the clown said “The explosions in Nyanya do not mean that things are worsening”!!!

He also said ” “Even the missing Malsyian Aircraft the world is yet to find it, so we are not alone”!!!!! Chineke!

He also said “….No president just wakes up and changes pump price.” Obviously Mr President has amnesia because on Jan 1, 2012, he just woke up from his hangover and decides the increase the pump price!

“Almost in every regime there is issue of missing oil money” – GEJ
Did that means it as usual? No big deal?

“One time I met with one US secretary of state, I can’t remember who clearly – GEJ

GEJ also said “Even when I’m in church I am monitoring what is happening.
Anytime I get reports of an attack somewhere… my face will change immediately… my expression will change. It used to happenevery Sunday.

“Anytime I hear of any one Nigerian dies I feel pained… even if it’s a Boko
Haram member – I am their president.”Why ooo Mr. President?

“I don’t know where they are… there is no confirmation of the location of
the schoolgirls, you are a journalist, you know more than me. – Oh my God, did the President just said you know more than me?

The President also said he is not aware that Diezani has gone to court to
stop the House of Representatives from investigating her!!! (Is he in 9ja?)

The President also said he is not aware that pump price of petroleum is more than the official N97 per litre!!! (Who is fooling who?)

From all indications, the presidential media chat is just an avenue for the presidency to mock Nigerians. May God help and save us

johnola

Well said Mr president, but you will still see some block heads trying to argue the fact. Like what the president has just said not everyone will like you which is the fact. and for the missing girls if truly they are missing why is it that their parents and guardians has refused to co-operate with the police?

realist

As ugly as d activities of disgruntled socially deprived protesters BH are, their attrocities have not come near what the evil biafrans did as history bear witness. Evil biafrans have mass murdered far more in the history of nga. Ethnic cleansing by nzeogwu mass murdering the leaders of other major tribes Yorubas, Hausas & Fulanis; judiciously followed up by d cowardice act of ojukwu against innocent nigerians and his own kinfolks by hunger to get attention of the western world to turn d tide of d war and majorly d evil ways of life of all biafrans i.e mass murder by fake pharmaceuticals, hard drugs, fake food (palm oil enhancement with chemicals to make d colour richer but mass killing ppl slowly), armed robberies, breeding babies for okija rituals etc.
The reality is nga is a fake country and its time for every region to take care of themselves. 6 independent nations living side by side peacefully but we know who wont live peacefully and its the evil landlocked republic of biafra bcos they cant survive without nga. Its an evil landlocked biafra (abia, anambra, imo, ebonyi and enugu); no air space and no port. So next major civil war imminently would be when evil republic lay claim to sth sth for their oyel, airspace and port. They have done it b4 and they will do it again only this time no Yoruba, Hausa and fulani will shed their blood to save d unungrateful children of d swamps.
Another reality on the contrary to what d ungrateful children of d swamps wants d world to believe, they are d major benefactor of being part of nga for security reasons and their existence, otherwise they will still be in slavery in the hands of d evil ones biafrans.

hafizshiru10

“He said, “All the information that have been volunteered to us (about their location, we’ve used) and we have searched the places. We are using aircraft – helicopters and planes – that have the ability to scan and see what is on the surface. And we have scanned, but we have nothing.”

I hope this issue would not be of that of missing Malaysia airline. just saying……..

convenantman

At least the the whole world knows the malaysian airline is missing with their data and pictures,but here who is sure anybody is missing or just propoganda

The Nigeria Future Project

It looks like there is an active slave trade going on in Northern Nigeria. This is not about any insurgency.

Girls are being sold for money

chukwuweta nwosu

THOSE BEHIND THE SCHOOL GIRLS KIDNAPP KNOW THEMSELVES. THIS ISSUE IS NOT JUST BOKO-HARAM BUT ENEMIES OF PRESIDENT GEJ AND NIGERIA AS A WHOLE.

donadoni

Good mr president,your enemies most submit to the almighty, it is not your own making but THAT GOD,all these stories of missing girls is just a comedy to me, if they are sincere with themselves let them bring the details of these girls so that the security opreatives will use it to do their job effectively or they should hold the governors responsible because they have colaburated with hausa fulani elders to commit the evil in other to instigate the citizens against gej led administration.

Saheed Abdurrahman

Jonathan as failed the nation his not competent to ran the
country anymore, he should step aside and give another person a chance to
rescue the nation from this crisis. Enough is enough Jonathan must GO.

donadoni

boko haram, what did your gworo teeth brothers did after 38 year in power noting other to destroy and loot and make your lives over there in the north miserable useless man, your name says it all .go and ask your northern governors to release these girls they are holding they should not play politics with it, let them release the innocent girls because boko haram has not claim responsibility .

Titi

We are really regretting that we voted for you to be the president of this country, you are a disgrace to the entire south south region. Jonathan You are BIG disgrace!!!

JUROR

I think GEJ mean well for Nigerians but lack the will power to take action, it seems he is surrounded by haters and wolves. From the interview yesterday it seems the people around Mr President don’t really relate issues of National interest to him clearly, because most questions was answered with i don’t know. Piece of advice for you Mr President, fire who you need to fire and arrest those corrupt within your cabinet, if not they will consume you. Imagine you (GEJ) don’t know about the girls where about, you (GEJ) don’t know about the court injunction made by petroleum minister to stop her probe, you (GEJ) don’t know what is happening with the illegal foreigner in Nigeria. SOMETHING ISN’T RIGHT WITH YOUR CABINET

Concerned Nigerian

It is time for the presisident to resign. He is unable to provide security of lives. (bomb blasts, kidnapping, armed robberies corrutiption etc. Must we continue this till 1919

Ekpeyong

Please give me a president that knows……..

Man_Enough

While it is patriotic to share information with the security outfit, the president cannot push the blame of their inefficiency to the public. An intelligent investigator can make an unwilling citizen to volunteer information. The police and other security agents cannot be resting in the comfort of their offices and expect the citizens to do their work for them. The president’s defense of Alison Madueke is uncalled for and very amateurish. It is not his responsibility to defend the minister about going or not going to court. By joining the detractors in mentioning others who are using jets, he has openly indicated his prejudice. He should treat each case on its merit. The president made it to look as if he and the minister have been discussing this issue as a family thing.

Mt

Na waa o , on Yahhoo news , PEJ has now ordered the arrest of the protest leaders, the same woman that was shedding crocodile tears? ? Is protesting now against the law?.

Doublee Dee

The principal of the school was arrested after Madam’s Hercules Poirot televised investigation and her Mercy Johnson’s theatrical fake tears. What a country! Are Nigerians to believe that the principal’s role only became questionable three weeks after the girls’ abduction simply because the larger than life lady shed tears on TV? Has anyone queried the performance of our crime investigators if it takes an half baked political campaigner a publicity stint to expose their lapses? Moreover, when did the office of the first lady become an interrogation room cause I’m 100% sure madam peace didn’t go to interview the principal at Borno? I guess God will judge our leaders too, particularly those using the position of leadership to milk and deceive innocent Nigerians.

Wähala

I have no Clue… bcos I’m not called ‘Clueless’ for nithing!
The otiosity of leadership in Nigeria can best be described as crass on the part of the electorate. The signs were there all along but we ignored it. GEJ had antecedents as a Dep. Governor, Governor, Vice President, Act. President… and absolutely nothing to show his Presidency. Nigerians ignored the red light and ran straight into a dark ditch. For every failure he had a finger to point with. For every scandal, he set up a commitee. For every criticism, he sent out his ethnic bigots. So, like the old saying goes, the way you make your bed…

Consequently, Dr. Dumbo’s failure is our collective failure. But, with this Chibok predicament, failure to secure the sfae return of those innocent girls will call for nothing short of impeachment so a knowledgeable and capable hand can navigate Nigeria out of the murky waters this drunken fisherman has sailed us into without compass… Shikena!

Kadex

I DON’T KNOW…… I DON’T KNOW……, I DON’T KNOW……, what a president, what a nation, what a country, what a future,
3 weeks after, where about of the students not known even to the president,

just imaging if president’s, senate president’s, chief of army’s or governors’ child is among the girls ……………………The story would have completely changed………..

Wähala

No need to imagine, just last week he cancelled FEC meeting over the death of his VP’s brother… ordinary Nigerians don’t mean a dime to the ruling class, we’re chaff in their eyes. What a pity, what a Country has been reduced to… Tufiakwa!

GANI

“Niger Delta militants are not terrorists”
Did our president say the militants have reasons for kidnapping, killing foreigners and Nigerians, blowing oil facilities and holding the country to ransom?
Who has said bokoharam has no reason, who has said the swindled 770,000 NIS applicants have no agitation. Which criminal has no reason to resort to crime?
Mr. President! You defend militants. You dont know your minister is seeking legal immunity from probe of private jet use on public budget,. You dont know the identity of the kidnapped children. Its not a detail that can be unraveled on Kano stage.

You say you want to redistribute wealth but you see nothing wrong in everything that is responsible for the excruciating poverty in the land. You defend kidnappers, you defend looters. You dance away the tragedy of 200 girls abduction, you now tell us you dont know their identity. If I may ask, what do you know sir?

honesty

oga, you are clearly ignorant and bigoted. please, find out the underlying issues in Nigeria. clearly, you don’t know!!

GANI

Umiss the point sir, God forbid I be bigoted,
A president that sees reason with kidnapping, destruction of life and property has lost it.

convenantman

It is your fathers and elders in the like of your name GANI,that hide them in their different houses not abduction,Abduction is just a tale story of the northern agenda.fool yourself and the north ok! not nigerians.

GANI

“Tale story” by the school principal, armed forces of Nigeria, stories by Jonathan and mothers of the abducted children? Help is what you need not a response.

kengbish

In Nig.,the press are not helping the nation move forward. They are only interested in news that portray the president as weak and inefficient in his duties. This is pure negative journalism and witch hunting. If the press are effective and efficient as they claim to be, why haven’t they gone to borno state to grant interview to at least one of this girls or more that escaped from book haram so they can throw more light on exactly what transpired on that faithful day at chibok. My advise to our dear press is to use there resources to promote and help the government to their best of ability instead of witch hunting.

Esther Gabriel

Is it really true that these schoolgirls were abducted by the B/H insurgency? If it is so, why is it that the principal of the school has not come out one day on television to tell
Nigerians how these girls were abducted? And how is it possible that B/H will enter a school that comprises of staffs and students and abducted up to 240 students without difficulties? Nigerian should please reason over the issue well before get into conclusion.

honesty

this ”kidnap” seems to be the biggest push by the islamists to capture power at the center by all means and it seems to be working because people are just looking at it on the surface. Punch seems to have been well paid to execute this agenda but evil must bow before the good; the wicked before the gate of the righteous. Everyone involved in this full scale destruction of this part of the earth will soon be destroyed by God (who made the earth), and that without redemption. Let us wait and see how the escape…

DIKE

After 3 weeks suddenly boko haram admitted abducting the girls. Nigerians knew very well that it does not take more than few hours or one day for boko haram to take responsibility of their actions. Some northern elites were responsible for the missing girls for the purpose of 2015 to damages to GEJ government ( if at all any one is missing). The northern elites must have negotiated with boko haram to take responsibility to divert attention, who know how many millions or billions were paid to boko haram to accept it. Believe me the money will go a long way for boko haram to cause more damages in nigeria. Nigerians must not rush into conclusion believing boko haram is responsible for the missing girls. The enemies within 2015 election are responsible if there were missing girls or it could be hoax just to cause damages to GEJ.

Esther Gabriel

Good one keep it up. However nothing will make me convince that these children’s are truly abducted by the B/H insurgency, the Northerner elders and APC leaders are the people imposition of these missing girls.

convenantman

You are a reasonable minded person,the smple truth you are saying,dont mind the absent minded nigerians here that are blind and cannot see to read the hand writing on the wall.northern agenda unfolding,time will tell,nigerians are getting wiser to be their fool.

donadoni

PUNCH STOP DECEIVING NIGERIANS ,GO TO VANGUARD NEWS PAPER THEY ARE GIVING THE TRUE VERSION OF THE STORY, ALL YOU DO IS CONTINUE TO INSTIGATE THE CITIZENS AGAINST GEJ, YOU PEOPLE WILL STILL MEET YOUR DOOM.

Dee1

Obviously, this unguarded statements of GEJ have clearly shown that he is only PHYSICALLY occupying the inestimable position of the president. MENTALLY, he is not.

dpfrank

Are u also seing what others are seing?
It only leaves me to say, na waa oo!

JUROR

What i deduced from yesterday GEJ interview is that Mr President his working with dangerous people, most questions asked was not well answered it seems vital information are not passed to him. Am not GEJ fan but i believe he meant well for Nigerian but people in his cabinet are trying to frustrate his effort. When asked about the girls where about, answered i don’t know, the court injunction by petroleum minister to stop her probe, i don’t know, infiltration of illegal foreigners, GEJ answered, some where deported and their are lots of illegal Nigerians in other country, discrediting himself. GEJ should wake up and start relieving people of their duties and also arrest corrupt ministers. Lets be honest with ourselves he cannot govern the country alone, he lack the will power to take action and also it seems as if he his scared of something.

dpfrank

The plain truth is that we have a big issue in our hands.
Mr president is absolutely not in control! everyone can see that he does not have the balls to stand the challenge that is thrown to him.
He appears to me like a pitiable man.

JOHN

Our president is becoming more senseless with His speeches. What does he mean by parliament dictators when he should have given us a straight answer to the performance of her petroleum minister. Why should our president be so relax to tell us that he doesn’t know where the girls are but attribute the fact that they are not hurt. Is he really hiding something from Nigerian. How comes he knows that they are safe when he doesn’t know their whereabout. How come he doesn’t know the benefits of his appointed minters like the petroleum minister. Lets stay awake before we start crumbling with as a nation. We seriously need to consider change in governance.

du bist 9ija

Atless you should go and ask you father at home…..since you don’t the maining of parliament or dictators…stupid people! products of Nigeria Asuu

fountain

Please let’s be serious about our comments on the issue like this because we have some lives at stake and you know the parents of the girls could not even provide some pictures to the medias so that people will know them in case they are meeting them somewhere or seeing them without knowing,please we are help each other not to put everything on government.please tell these parents too to provide necessary information to the public,

24_okeke

to me these girls are not missing they are in their different homes, just to achieve the bid of their master.
But come rain Come sun GEJ will remain in power till 2019.
if you been in the North in the recent time you will also share the view with me.
God Bless Nigeria
God Bless Fed. Rep. of Nig
God Bless our president.

Hugo

How can we get ahead with all of this. Nigerians please vote wisely in 2015, WE DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS

Night Crawler

GEJ should find a way of returning those girls alive, even if they are back, some of them will never forget that incident… Time is been wasted on those girls, and they would have spited them, because they are too much to be kept in one place. Its 20 days and counting, rescue team has not been summoned, when will those girls be back. GEJ please resign if you can’t put an end to boko haram

Hugo

He cant

Night Crawler

Why? He should emulate south korean prime minister… He fails to secure people who voted him into power

Hugo

I meant he isnt capable of putting an end to boko haram

du bist 9ija

who told you that the fake kidnaped girls vote him into power… I stand to be corrected no body was kidknaped!

fountain

Jonathan continue to attend to other issue if those parents could not provide necessary information and their identities since 3 weeks ,please Mr.President occupy your precious time to do something else for the development of the country.they will solve the problem on their ways if time comes

24_okeke

can someone tell me the number of girls that is missing and show their photograph, their village, date of birth, names of their parents etc so that it will be more efficient for the security personal

YA’U

President Jonathan has abandoned responsibility. And this is for the
umpteenth time. This president just loves committees, and, as we are
told, if you do not want a job done, form a committee. The president’s
conduct is getting quite embarrassing. If this president sees a snake in
his bedroom, he would form a committee on snakes

candosky

A president does not speak like this. You must know where they are and find them. Telling the world you don’t know where they are is not the best way to govern.

MKO

GEJ is the master minder, financier of Boko Haram to cause religious rancor among the citizenry.. To raise sentiments for his re-election. He never mind sacrificing as much lives as possible just to get re-elected. God is exposing him, and he will soon be disgraced of he fails to retrace his steps

du bist 9ija

Did America know where bin-ladi was for 5 year…..some Nigeria can think stupidly. MKO you are one of those that think stupidly!

T’tope

Why arresting the s0hool principal ?

Jona Jonsdottir

The whole world is focused on the shocking news from Nigeria! How can there exist such evil idiots as these Boko Harem??? I feel sorry for you nigerian people having extreme islamists in your country.

medo sam

asabe must remain with the police until she tells the truth. where was she, the teachers, the security guards etc etc? when the girls abductors came.

Military Inteligence

GEJ i am one of your supporters but the way you are handling the issue of boko haram it looks like you are not ready to end the terrorism in Nigeria. Because if really you are ready to end it, why can’t you command the military to invade sambisa forest?. Why can’t our air forces backed by land troops invade and bomb the the whole sambisa forest once and for all???. What are u still waiting for?. Are you waiting until they attack presidential villa before you can take serious action???. I am very very disappointed in your yesterday’s comment that if anybody goes to sambisa forest they will just kill the person, so u want to tell Nigerians that if you authorize full military action in sambisa forest they will just kill all our troops?. GEJ wake up now or u will get killed before 2015 because those animals and their sponsors are determined to bring you down, open your eyes, reshuffle the military, change the military commanders in the affected states and watchout for three months, boko haram will be thing of the past. You must remember that buhari, ibb still have military generals of northern origin in our barracks who still obey their command, so wake up now. Many secrets has been revealed to you still u failed to investigate them, you failed to bring even one military officer to book. Last time when our military men launched an offensive against the terrorists, the air back-up was called off suddenly thereby puting our land troops in danger still you kept silent. Use one quater of the money you guys are stealing to invite FBI secretly and they will identify the sponsors within a short time since you have failed to identify them.

ZODOS

Good ideas

ifeako

The whole abduction issue is a sexs up. You cannot find what does not exsist. By the time the committee on CGA ( chibok girls abduction) is out with their findings, you will find out that the whole thing is a hoax. simply. The girls were said to be writing WAEC exams.The Principal, and WAEC should provide the data. ie their names and photographs. Also, The school has at least a register for the student in her custody>that also should be provided and let the parents and guardians make their claim. These bokoharam and 2015 election issues are now all been sexed up. Na waooh!

Na wa

All hands must be on deck to rescue these girls o!. This is a joke that has gone too far. This one should not be like the missing $20 billion. So for example, if there is a time the country requires the services of all those who can make annual prophecies and predictions, it is on this matter since the president has clearly told us that he is helpless on this. All the so-called traditional oracle consultants too, where are you do something o! we need information on where these missing girls are.

Nikkee Williamson

Maybe the first family of Nigeria need to be kidnapped like the girls that are missing. The Lady who had protesters arrested still proves how “CORRUPT” Nigerian officials still are. The USA should simply find that group of kidnappers and “Drone” them out of existance.

Insulting the president and pointing accusations on political parties wont solve the issue at hand, we all need 2 come together irrespective of religious believes and tribes to curb this menace, anything beyond that means we are going to achieve nothing.

usman

well spoken Mr president, you can only do your best, and leave the rest. kindly be progressing from your daily activities
some body is praying for this Great nation, Nigerian must unite.

agbobu

SACK MORE AIDS ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE HIGHEST SENSITIVE AND SECURITY POSITIONS AND FROM THE CORE NORTH? THAT WILL BE DAY, BECAUSE HE HAS NO GUTS AND JONATHAN IS ONLY THINKING OF HIS 2015 RE ELECTION BID, THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS TO GOODLUCK JONATHAN

simonibekwe

Sad indeed especially considering the fact that those simple questions were asked in his “room” surrounded by heavily armed NSF, in one of the most secured houses in the world; yet he was jacked up … Often he ran out of words. More surprisingly, the logic to articulate some steps to solve the problem that beset Nigeria or to react to some of those questions as a sage nay the number one citizen of a country is expected to do, was unavailable. In fact, the whole setting presented to us a picture of a chat room that is surrounded by a group of heavily armed terrorists. Now tell me, confronted with international media for a chat on the state of security of Nigeria, would that be his rendition? Nigerians, especially defenders of incompetence and poor representation, fuelled by their warped mind, eccentricity and ethnocentric values are trying to delete the word, “Clueless” from the dictionary without the permission of lexicographers. When it comes to deal with issues that requires frankness and nicety of judgement in the use of this word, even experts in english language and custodians of truth jettison their responsibility of simplifying the word to lame defenders of people who deserve this adjective. To them, to be clueless means to be out of relevance in the human family. No! The truth is just that leadership is not a business of luck. The number one position of a country is not meant for the lucky people but for those who prepared themselves to be able to handle the onerous task of tackling complex problems. For God sake, dearth of ideas reflect in how one expresses himself without logic. How can someone sit there before the whole world and begin to defend a profligate administration, and further tell the world that the atrocities of Nigerian politicians is only “stealing” and not CORRUPTION? No wonder, he freed an internationally recognised corrupt governor (Aamieyeseigha) through his presidential pardon. Imagine listening to a president saying that twenty billion dollars is too large a sum to be stolen by a single politician! If the president of a country like Nigeria does not know that the major problem with this country called Nigeria is CORRUPTION, how can he drive the engine for the TRANSFORMATION AGENDA? How can a doctor treat headache instead of malaria and wish the patient sound health? How can crime rates be reduced when people steal money without been punished; kidnap or sponsor some anti-social groups and still dine with the president, yet you expect peace? This was the same president who came up to defend some Niger Delta militants who bombed citizens during the country’s independence celebration some years back. Why must a president defend corrupt politicians instead of uniting with citizens with integrity to fight corruption? When will the president present to us those members of Boko Haram he stated they abound left, right and centre in his government? Do we not have enough evidence of the infiltration of those bad citizens in his government? Except GEJ deals with this last question, his hand remains unclean in the fight against enemies of Nigerians. To be a president of Nigeria is different from been a president of Nigerians. Where Nigerians cannot enjoy that most important right to freedom of life, the government has failed. A true leader must be sympathetic. This is lacking in the president whose courage only doubles to walk through corpses of victims of insecurity to political rallies. Religion, region or educational status do not count much among the qualities of the president of my dream. All I need is a president who has the prowess to solve socio-economic problems of Nigeria.

HENRY

The cameroon govt, have giving us useful informations on how boko haram sect and the three northern governors operate in the three states where Mr president introduce emergence rule.

lemose

Some of us Nigerians are daft. You expect the president to disclose where the girls are even if he knows? Did Obama tell us where Osama was before they got rid of him. Haba, Nigerians.

Spokesperson for the Senate Unity Forum, Senator Kabir Marafa, saying his colleagues passed a vote of confidence in Dr. Bukola Saraki’s senate leadership in order to spite President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress leadership.